Marching to the Drums: Eyewitness Accounts of Battle from the Crimea to the Siege of Mafeking

by Ian Knight

Book Overview

In this gripping collection of first-hand accounts, Ian Knight presents the adventure of nineteenth-century warfare - from the thrill of the cavalry charges at Balaklava and Omdurman, to the terror of battle against an overwhelming odds such as Rorke's Drift - in the words of the men actually there.

These eyewitness accounts provide a vivid and sometimes shocking insight into the brutal realities of warfare for the British imperial soldier,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848322402
• ISBN13: 9781848322400
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"